Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid again took on his favorite archenemies on Wednesday: the Koch brothers. But this time, he took the “Morning Joe” hosts along for the ride.

Putting on his media critic hat, the Nevada Democrat mocked Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski for what he sarcastically called a “really tough” interview with the billionaire brothers earlier this week on their popular MSNBC morning talk show.

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As he launched his anti-Koch broadside, Reid read excerpts of the brothers’ “Morning Joe” interview on the Senate floor — including Scarborough’s inquiry on whether the Kochs got their “graciousness” in philanthropy from their mother, and Brzezinski asking them who was the better brother.

The "Morning Joe" hosts did press the Kochs on more substantive issues, such as whether it was fair for a relatively small number of wealthy families to have contributed an overwhelming amount of the campaign cash in the 2016 race, according to a recent New York Times report. Still, Reid noted: “Sometimes, most of the time there weren’t even questions. There were just compliments.”

“Wow. Those were some really tough questions asked by the host of 'Morning Joe.' That’s sufficient journalism,” Reid said Wednesday morning from the Senate floor. “Those questions are so easy, they may even qualify them to moderate the next Republican presidential debate.”

Reid had previously criticized the way in which last week’s CNBC GOP debate was conducted; in an interview with POLITICO last week, the minority leader observed that “there was no control” and that it was a “very, very poorly run debate.” But he also added that Republican candidates attacked the moderators because they didn’t like the type of questions being asked.

On Wednesday, Reid broadened his criticisms of journalists beyond the MSNBC interview, arguing that the Kochs have “procured a media that is intimidated by their billions, too intimidated to hold them accountable.”

“We should be working to rid the system of the Koch brothers’ dark money, but this cannot and will not happen if reporters and journalists refuse to ask Charles and David Koch questions, maybe even probing questions,” Reid said. “Otherwise, no one is holding these two oil barons accountable for their nefarious actions."

In a pointed response, Scarborough said Reid is "blinded" by hatred.

"It is easy to understand why Harry Reid is enraged by the kind of thoughtful discussions we have with our Democratic and Republican guests on Morning Joe. It was Reid, after all, who brought shame to the Senate floor last year by quoting Joseph McCarthy and calling his political opponents ‘un-American,'" Scarborough said in a statement. "If Harry Reid were not so blinded by hatred toward Charles Koch, he would have noticed that Koch harshly criticized Republicans for supporting corporate welfare, called George W. Bush a failed president for running up massive deficits and reckless wars, and said that he was unimpressed with the field of Republican presidential candidates. In fact, he saved his harshest criticisms for Republicans he once supported."

Scarborough went on to say that Reid's strategy of attacking the Kochs led to the Democrats losing their majority in 2014.

"Reid's unbridled rage toward the Kochs led to a failed electoral strategy that cost Democrats their majority in 2014. I can understand why he remains so bitter to this day. Thankfully, with Chuck Schumer, the Democrats will have a tough leader who can respectfully disagree with his opponents without being consumed by anger and stooping to McCarthy-type tactics," he said.